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The difference is that, the developers are unpaid for the Linux Kernel.
by rusticpenn 7y ago
The difference is that, the developers are unpaid for the Linux Kernel.
- mkl 7y agoNot true at all. In 2017, only 7.7% of contributions were unpaid [1], and it's been dropping for many years: "from 14.6 percent of contributions in 2012 to just 11.8 percent" in 2015 [2] [1] https://thenewstack.io/contributes-linux-kernel/ https://thenewstack.io/contributes-linux-kernel/ [2] https://www.cio.com/article/2909736/who-s-behind-linux-now-and-should-you-be-afraid.html https://www.cio.com/article/2909736/who-s-behind-linux-now-a...
- rusticpenn 7y agoMaybe I should have been clearer. The payments to the contributors and the targets of their respective companies are not always identical. A team from redhat contributing to the kernel might not be remote and will have their own performance measurement stratergies.
- pts_ 7y agoWhich makes wasting money on meetings over comms through text even more glaring.